On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> Bodo_Moeller> So, is backwards compatibility an important issue here
> Bodo_Moeller> and is it worth this kind of evil hack, or should we
> Bodo_Moeller> just add the parameters?
>
> Backward compatibility is an important issue. Think "dynamic
> library".
OpenSSL has broken binary compatibility for just about every release
in its short life. Not that this is a justification.
Looking at the STATUS posting, I can see a few other API changes that
will break binary compatibility. Perhaps it is worthwhile to get them
all out of the way at once.
Regards,
Damien Miller
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